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To stand at the Pole : the Dr. Cook--Admiral Peary North Pole controversy / William R. Hunt.
LIBRA - Rare G635.C66 H86 1981
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hunt, William R., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940.
- Cook, Frederick Albert.
- Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920.
- Peary, Robert E.
- North Pole.
- Explorers--United States--Biography.
- Explorers.
- Arctic Ocean--North Pole.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies
- Physical Description:
- 288 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Stein and Day, 1981.
- Summary:
- Details the controversy which arose over Cook's claim that he reached the North Pole prior to Peary.
- Contents:
- Pt. 1: The North Pole: The prize
- From healer to explorer
- The top of the continent
- Race to the pole
- Garlands and honors
- Peary's passion
- The seeds of doubt
- Pt. 2: They also sought glory: Kane and Hall
- The Jeannette disaster
- Greely's travail
- Pt. 3: Blowup: The scandal on the mount
- Dunkle and loose
- A place to hide
- The verdict of Copenhagen
- Peary's campaign
- Pt. 4: Comeback: Out on the hustings
- Conspiracy!
- Lobbying congress
- Pt. 5: The entrepreneur
- Justice in Texas
- Killit's fury
- Jail
- Pt. 6: Need for reexamination?: The Philadelphia lawyer
- Testing mount McKinley
- Loyalty
- Oil scam
- Little lies
- The other claimant
- Truth and zeal.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-283) and index.
- Local Notes:
- LIBRA Rare copy G635.H4 O46 2008 gift of David and Deirdre Stam, 2024. Dust jacket retained with protective wrapper.
- ISBN:
- 0812827732
- 9780812827736
- OCLC:
- 7460137
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